Bird flu dying at AIIMS: 11-year-old is first recorded casualty this yr

An 11-year-old boy died of H5N1 avian influenza Tuesday, making this the primary recorded dying because of the chicken flu in India this yr.
An AIIMS official acknowledged that the boy had been admitted to the hospital on July 2 and that he died on Tuesday. The official added that every one workers who had been involved with the affected person are below isolation.

Avian influenza is a extremely contagious viral illness attributable to Influenza Type A viruses which typically impacts poultry equivalent to chickens and turkeys. It doesn’t unfold simply to people. People who’ve are available shut contact with contaminated birds, useless or alive, can contract the H5N1 flu however in response to the WHO, it doesn’t normally unfold from individual to individual. The WHO has additionally identified that there isn’t a proof for the virus to unfold by way of correctly ready and cooked poultry because the virus is delicate to warmth and dies in cooking temperatures. However, it may be lethal when it does infect people, with a mortality charge of virtually 60%.
Earlier this yr, in January, the deaths of a giant numbers of birds in numerous components of the nation had raised the chicken flu alarm and the virus was detected in birds in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Haryana and Maharashtra. Samples from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Kerala had examined optimistic for the A (H5N8) pressure of the virus, whereas samples from Himachal Pradesh had examined optimistic for A (H5N1)